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How to Create a Child Theme, and Why You Shouldn’t Fear Gutenberg

26 September 2018 By David Leave a Comment

How to Create a Child Theme, and Why You Shouldn’t Fear Gutenberg

Tuesday, Sep 25, 2018, 6:30 PM

Bigeye
3203 Lawton Rd Orlando, fl

66 WordPressers Went

How to Choose the Right Theme & Customize It the Right Way (Using a Child Theme) Geoff Myers, Digital Marketing Consultant & CEO of SimDex LLC This presentation and subsequent group discussion is meant for both beginners of WordPress (“choosing the right theme”) and intermediate users of WordPress (“creating a child theme”). Geoff will be covering …

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How to Choose the Right Theme & Customize It the Right Way (Using a Child Theme)

Geoff Myers, Digital Marketing Consultant & CEO of SimDex LLC

This presentation and subsequent group discussion is meant for both beginners of WordPress (“choosing the right theme”) and intermediate users of WordPress (“creating a child theme”).

Geoff will be covering the following subtopics:

  • Where do I start when searching for a WordPress theme for my site?What are the best places to look for high-quality themes?
  • What do I look for in a WordPress theme to determine whether it meets the highest technical quality standards? (hint: use Theme Check)
  • Effective strategies and best practices for choosing a WordPress theme that will work for you in the short term and long run (i.e. how to save yourself frustration later on)
  • Free themes versus paid themes: What’s the difference? Is it worth paying? Where should I go?
  • How to create a Child Theme and add customizations without overwriting the original theme’s code (e.g. copying and editing CSS stylesheets and PHP templates from the original theme)
How to Choose the Right Theme & Customize It the Right Way (By Using a Child Theme) from Geoff Myers
Geoff Myers: How to Choose the Right Theme & Customize It the Right Way (By Using a Child Theme)

Don’t Be Afraid of Gutenberg

David Wolfpaw, Owner of FixUpFox WordPress Maintenance

A new editor is coming in WordPress v5.0, and the reviews on it have been mixed, to say the least. While there will definitely be challenges and growing pains, I think that it’s an overall good move for WordPress, which as the dominant web publishing platform will make it a good move for the web overall.

There are a lot of new things to learn about how Gutenberg will be part of WordPress, and a lot of questions that still don’t have answers. I’m going to walk through where Gutenberg is coming from, what it does, and what is planned for the future. We’ll do a demo of some features, I’ll show some cool things that could spur you to try something new with it, and hopefully allay fears around the new feature.

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